If you’ve tried to do Exchange 2003 SP1 cross-AG mixed-mode moves, you’ve (hopefully!) realized that you need to meet a bunch of prereqs before you can proceed. The Site Consolidation Overview KB (KB.843104) lists these various prereqs, but here is the short version again for reference: Upgrade all ADCs to Exchange 2003 SP1 (earlier blog…
Tag: Cross-site Moves
So what if the "stub" objects never go away?
A while back, I wrote a blog post about verifying that you are ready to remove the source site after undergoing the process of SP1 mixed-mode site consolidation. See here for that intro. Since that post, I’ve run into a few questions about what to do if these validations never pass. Suppose you keep checking for…
Do I really need to run the Exchange/Outlook Profile Redirector (ExProfRe)?
Recent newsgroup posting caught my eye: I’ve done cross sites moves today from 5.5 servers to 2003SP1 servers. The documentation says I need the exprofre.exe tool to update the Outlook profiles. But I don’t need it, the profile connect automatically to the new server in the other administrative group/site. Why should I use it? This is…
Should I use the SP1 cross-site moves?
First, my apologies to the folks I’d planned to grab lunch with while I’ve been out in Redmond these past few weeks. The project I’m working on has been keeping me much busier than I had expected. Maybe next time! Onward — Someone commented a few weeks ago on an earlier post: a question about…
How can I upgrade the ADC to SP1?
In order to to Exchange 2003 SP1 Site Consolidation (ie – cross-site/cross-administrative group moves), we require that the Active Directory Connector (ADC) be upgraded to Exchange 2003 SP1 level. In the webcast I did on Tuesday, I talked a bit about why we have this requirement, but the short version is: if your ADC was…
TechNet Support WebCast: Mixed-mode site consolidation in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 1
Just a reminder that I’ll be doing an “Exchange 2003 SP1 Site Consolidation“ webcast tomorrow: Tuesday, July 20, 2004: 10:00 AM Pacific time (Greenwich mean time – 7 hours) This Support WebCast session introduces the new mixed-mode cross-site move mailbox functionality that is introduced in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1). Site consolidation…
But I swear I installed the DS/IS hotfix!?
Before the E2k3 SP1 GUI lets you move mailboxes cross-site and the Object Rehome tool lets you move DLs and Custom Recipients cross-site, they both check to see if the “DS/IS Hotfix” is installed. This hotfix is the KB.836489 hotfix, and is also included in the (readily downloadable) KB.841765 5.5 Post-SP4 rollup hotfix. I’ve blogged…
Moving public folder hierarchy for site consolidation
At some point after you’ve moved all the public folders, mailboxes, distribution lists, and custom recipients from your source site to the target site, you’ll be ready to do the validation to ensure you’re ready to remove the servers and site. When you’ve confirmed that all your data and directory objects are finished migrating to the target site,…
PFMigrate doesn’t display anything!
I’ve had a few people hit me up about why PFMigrate doesn’t give any visible feedback to the administrator when it’s run through the Exchange Deployment Tools interface. In fact, you don’t get any feedback at all (even when it finishes) unless it hits a problem or prompts for input! You can go into the…
E2k3 SP1 Site Consolidation: So you think you’re ready to remove your 5.5 Site…
So you’ve done Exchange 2003 SP1 “Site Consolidation” and you think you’re ready to remove your Exchange 5.5 site. All the Public Folders, Mailboxes, DLs, and Custom Recipients have been moved to the central site. All the foreign connectors are relocated. You’ve gone through the Deployment tools and all the Docs (see: http://blogs.msdn.com/evand/archive/2004/06/04/148349.aspx for the links…